From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 19 Refugees
Xu Xiaoniu had long noticed Su Jinshu peeking furtively, and he kept watching her out of the corner of his eye, on guard against the man stealing the pears from his opera garden when he wasn't paying attention.

Hearing Su Jinshu call him "little brother", he walked forward expressionlessly and asked: "What's the matter?"

"Brother, I'm a refugee from Yunbian County. Unfortunately, I got separated from my family along the way. May I ask where this place is?"

Su Jinshu spoke in a soft voice, glancing timidly at Xu Xiaoniu's muscular body, and then shifted her gaze with a hint of shyness.

"This is Baihe Village."

Xu Xiaoniu added, "Baihe Village, Tonggu County."

Su Jinshu's throat rolled and he swallowed dryly, looking at the pear trees in front of him: "Brother, I have been sleeping in the open air all the way and all my money is gone. Can you please give me a pear?"

Xu Xiaoniu didn't answer. He turned around, picked the biggest pear from the pear tree and handed it to her.

He was not a heartless man. The girl in front of him had chapped lips.

"Thank you."

Su Jinshu took it with both hands, thanked happily, picked up the pear and took a bite.

"Your pears are delicious."

Su Jinshu smiled with eyes curved, a look of gratitude on her face, and ate happily, chatting with Xu Xiaoniu while eating.

"Brother, my name is Su Jinshu, what's yours?"

"Xu Xiaoniu."

"Are you getting married?"

"No."

"You have a great figure, have you ever practiced martial arts?"

"No."

Xu Xiaoniu felt uncomfortable with Su Jinshu's affectionate gaze, so he put on the sleeveless jacket hanging on the tree branch.

Su Jinshu thought the young man must be from a well-off farming family, honest and unassuming, and not good at speaking. With her experience and skills, it would be easy for her to "control" this young man.

Her real name was not "Su Jinshu" but Huang Cuicui. Before being sold to a brothel, her real name was Huang Cuicui, and she changed her stage name several times afterwards.

In Lanting County, Yunbian Commandery, she was a prostitute at the famous local brothel "Taohuafang" - she sold both her art and her body.

She was sold to Taohuafang by her family at the age of twelve, where she learned music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and poetry. A few years later, she became a famous head performer with her beautiful appearance and the ability to read people's expressions and win people's hearts.

In a brothel where all kinds of people gather, how can you get ahead of others without some tricks and schemes?

She originally thought that she would be exploited by the brothel until she was old and could no longer receive customers, and would be driven out and find a place to retire. However, she did not expect that the sudden war would spread to Lanting County.

Immortals soared high, battling in the sky. The aftermath of any spell could destroy cities and ruin houses. To survive, the people of Lanting County fled their homes and scattered in all directions.

She took advantage of the chaos to escape, disguising herself as "Su Jinshu" in order to seek a new life.

She was still very young, and this was her chance for rebirth. In order to have a stable life and avoid being recognized by others, she traveled for half a year, from Yunbian County to Qinghe County, and then to Yuanli County, covering thousands of miles, to this inconspicuous Tonggu County.

"Brother, is this your land?"

Su Jinshu asked tentatively.

She was not short of money. Her bag was filled with gold and silver jewelry given by guests, and her inner pockets contained several hundred taels of silver in banknotes. She had disguised herself as poor to avoid being robbed; otherwise, she would not have been able to get here with her appearance.

But she also didn't want to find a poor family to suffer, it would be better if the family had some power.

“No, this is the land I rent.”

Xu Xiaoniu answered truthfully.

Rented land? Are you a tenant?
Su Jinshu's good impression of Xu Xiaoniu was greatly reduced, and he asked again, "How many people are there in your family? Are they all renting land and farming like you?"

Xu Xiaoniu is just honest, not stupid.

If you ask him some personal questions, he will answer, but when you ask about his family, he will be alert.

"It's getting late, and I'm busy. If you don't have enough, I'll give you another one."

Xu Xiaoniu picked another crisp pear and stuffed it into Su Jinshu's hand, then turned around to do farm work.

"Brother, I want to ask something..."

Seeing that he ignored her, Su Jinshu walked away helplessly. She wondered why a man wouldn't even talk to her. She had just flirted with him and even pretended to be too hot to open her shirt, revealing a large area of ​​white.

"What a blockhead! You must be a novice who has never tasted meat and doesn't understand my beauty..."

Thinking this, she went looking for her next target.

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"Why hasn't Xiulian come for a long time?"

After Su Jinshu left, Xu Xiaoniu thought of Chen Xiulian.

In the past, Chen Xiulian came almost every day, bringing him honey water or fruits and snacks, and chatting with him for a while.

She hasn't been here since she dropped the water bag more than ten days ago.

Xu Xiaoniu wanted to look for Chen Xiulian, but when he thought of her father Chen Bajin's face, he was frightened and didn't dare to go.

The nickname "Chen Baguai" is very famous in Baihe Village. He is a person who can "stop children from crying at night."

Besides, Chen Bajin did not agree with his daughter's relationship with Xu Xiaoniu and had scolded Xu Xiaoniu many times.

"Well, if her father really doesn't agree, just make it clear and don't delay her."

Xu Xiaoniu was helpless. His father didn't want him to marry into the family, so he would definitely listen to his father.

After finishing his farm work, he hurried home carrying a basket of crisp pears. These pears were of poor quality or infested with worms, perfect for feeding pigs and chickens.

On his way home, he saw a group of teenagers gathered around a big tree by the roadside.

When I got closer, I saw a ragged old man sitting under a tree, telling stories to a group of teenage children who were watching.

"The immortal pointed his finger, and the sword flew two miles away, severing the man's head. Blood spurted out half a foot high, but the body was still able to move. If I hadn't run fast, I would have died."

"Uncle, uncle, how do those immortals fly? Do they fly while standing or lying down?"

"Of course you fly standing up. Flying sideways is so ugly. Immortals have a breath of immortal energy in their bodies, and they rely on this immortal energy to fly."

"..."

Xu Xiaoniu was not interested in this half-true, half-false story and left after listening to a few sentences.

When he got home, he fed the pigs and chickens, washed up and ate.

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"There are many refugees in the village who have fled famine recently. Be careful when you meet strangers."

Xu Fugui reminded the children while eating.

Those refugees all fled from Yunbian County to escape famine. They traveled thousands of miles and left their homes. They must have spent all their money on the way here, and they had to find a place to settle down and survive.

It wasn't that Xu Fugui was maliciously speculating about the refugees; it was simply human nature. "People of poverty have low aspirations," and when people are extremely poor, it's easy for them to lose their bottom line.

Once there are too many refugees, trouble is bound to arise.

"I know dad."

Everyone responded.

Xu Xiaoniu thought of Su Jinshu. The girl was asking about his family, and she must have other intentions. Fortunately, he sent her away without saying too much.

After dinner, he fed Dahei, and then went to the backyard with his father to learn standing meditation.

A few days ago, he mastered the second level of Zhuang Qigong and began to learn the third level of "Five Elements Zhuang Qigong" with Xu Fugui.

The third level of "Five Elements Posture Meditation" has fifteen types of static stances, and the breathing method is more complicated than the second level of stance meditation.

The third level of Zhuang Gong corresponds to high-level warriors.

To achieve the third level of standing meditation, one needs to open up the twelve branches of the meridians and 576 secondary acupoints.

There are a total of 720 acupoints in the human body, including 36 life and death acupoints, 108 important acupoints, and the rest are minor acupoints.

Although there are many secondary acupoints, the seven main meridians have been opened, the life and death points and important acupoints have been opened, so it will be relatively simple to open the secondary acupoints next.

(End of this chapter)